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Bashuchelys

Reptilia - Testudines - Bashuchelyidae

Taxonomy
Bashuchelys was named by Tong et al. (2012). It is the type genus of Bashuchelyidae.

It was assigned to Bashuchelyidae by Tong et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Bashuchelys Tong et al. p. 679

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
familyBashuchelyidae
genusBashuchelys

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Bashuchelys Tong et al. 2012
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Bashuchelys youngi Tong et al. 2012
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Tong et al. 2012A genus of the Bashuchelyidae with shell length up to 250 mm; carapace elongate oval and low domed (1); 8 neurals (2); 2 suprapygals (3), the first larger and wider than the second (4); narrow first to third vertebrals (5); fourth vertebral scute twice as wide as it is long and notably wider than the third vertebral (6); anterior edge of the plastron with one anterior intergular projection and a pair of lateral gular projections (7); short epiplastra midline contact (8); entoplastron leaf-shaped with serrated posterolateral margins (9); one pair of intergulars extending deeply onto the entoplastron (10) (modified from Danilov & Parham, 2008). Differs from Chuannanchelys by characters 5–7, 9 and 10.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-08-26 14:49:00
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:49:00
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Oxfordian or 170.30000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian - Oxfordian170.3 - 157.3China (Sichuan) Chengyuchelys sp., Chengyuchelyidae indet., Chengyuchelys baenoides, Chelonia indet. (24883)